Improvement in construction of ships



J. REES. Construction of'Ships.

'No. 203,940. I Patented May 21,1878,

MltHESSES 4 1mm (Mums--- JW/JM I f g N-PEIERS, PHOTO-LITHDGRAFHER.WASHINGTON, C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES REES, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN CONSTRUCTION OF SHIPS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 203,940, dated May 21,1878; application filed April 13,1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES REEs, of Pittsliurg, in the county ofAllegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Constructing the Hulls of Vessels; and I do herebydeclarethat the following is a full and exact description. thereof,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters ofreference marked thereon.

My invention relates to an improvement in constructing the hulls ofvessels; and consists in gradually contracting the floor or bottomtimbers of the hull from the harpoon to the stern Without contraction ofthe deck or beam.

To enable others skilled in the art to make my invention, I will proceedto describe its construction.

In the accompanying drawings, which form part of my specification,Figure 1 is a top view or plan of a hull of a steamboat such as is usedon the Western rivers. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 isa transverse section of the hull at midships. Fig. 4 is a transversesection of the hull near the rear end or stern of the vessel.

The hull of the vessel is constructed in the ordinary manner, with theexception that the In constructing the hull of a vessel as hereinbeforedescribed, the beam or deck is not contracted, whereby all theadvantages due to the breadth of the beam or deck are retained. Havingthus described my improvement, What I claim as of my invention is-- Inthe hull of a vessel, the cross floor or bottom timbers, having agradual contraction from the harpoon to the stern, without a contractionof the beam or deck-timbers, substantially as described.

JAMES REES.

Witnesses THOMAS M. REES, A. O. J oHNsroN.

